One Piece: Red Crew Reveals the Inspiration Behind Its Music

One Piece Red has become an all-time anime film, marching its way up the charts when it comes to the amount of money it pulled in at the box office. With this fifteenth film introducing the Grand Line to Shanks’ daughter Uta, several tunes were belted out by the one-time friend of Luffy back before he formed the Straw Hat Pirates. Now, the director of the movie shared why the musical approach was taken in this wild new movie.

While Uta was a new character introduced in this Shonen film, the One Piece anime series took the opportunity to dive into the past that Shanks’ daughter had with Luffy, revealing that the Straw Hat Pirate captain had known about her existence for years, even before forming his band of swashbucklers. Based on the ending of this film, Uta making an appearance in the anime series, or the manga with its Final Arc taking place, isn’t a certainty, though stranger things have happened in the past on Luffy’s journey to become the King of the Pirates. With Eiichiro Oda planning to bring his manga masterpiece to a close, it will be interesting to see how many more films One Piece has in the chamber.

A Musical Piece

In a recent interview on Japanese television, director Goro Taniguchi talked about how the decision to focus on music was a way to harken back to the origins of One Piece, wherein the series began with singing swashbucklers in a bar:

“I said, ‘let’s use music’. Even in the first story, it’s already like that. At the bar, they’re signing and dancing and causing a ruckus. They’re basically jolly pirates.” 

You can watch the entirety of the “Making of One Piece Film Red” below, with Crunchyroll assembling the creators behind the Straw Hats’ latest theatrical journey wherein Luffy might not have confronted Shanks face-to-face, but did give us a brief glimpse of his Gear Fifth form prior to its arrival in the War For Wano’s anime adaptation:

What did you think of One Piece’s latest movie? Do you think we’ll see another movie from the Shonen franchise before the grand finale? Feel free to let us know in the comments or hit me up directly on Twitter @EVComedy to talk all things comics, anime, and the world of the Grand Line.